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@sluiten tetris yntrnt @frn ISRAEL LANCASTER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. Letters .Patent No. 67,888, dated August 20, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTER-RAKES.

'IO ALL WHOM IT MAY CIONCERNA Be it known that I,l ISRAEL LANCASTER, of'Bnltimorc, in the county of Baltimore, in the Sttte of Maryland, have invented n. ne\ v :ind improved Mode of' Placing Grain on the Platforms of GrainiBinders; and I do hereby decla-re thzttvthe following is n full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing u, rake which strikes the groin pai-lle] with the cuttingbar of the rcztper, and which carries it hack and drops it anywhere desired on the plattform of the binder, and nn adjustable fender, placed on the renr of the binder-platform, against which the grain is carried by the rake.

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, I Will proceed to describe its construction sind operation. l I

Figure 1 is aI plain of the reaper and,binder-platform, showing the position ofthe rake and fender.

Figure 2 is an elevation ofthe rake und fender, seen from the end next the standing grain.

Figure 3 is a. side elevation of the rake-shat sind reke. g

Figure 4 is fn elevation of the angular rod `which holds and releases the rake et the properl time.

Figure 5 shows the position of the relie after the deliycry of a sheztf on the binder-platform.

Alrepresents the cutting-bar of the reaper. FrontfA toB is the renper platform, upon which rests Athe sheaf of grain while being cut. C, fig. I, represents theslot `in the binder-platform, through which the bandcnrrier of the binder operates. From B Vflo D is the hinder-platform. E E E is thc fender., adjustable by means of the set-screws and slots. F, tig. 2, is the rake and reel-shaft. G G Gr are the reel-nrms. H is n weight counterbo-lancing the rake. I is the rake, swinging on the hinge In, and held in its position by means of the lips L L, resting in the notches in the bar M, also shown et fig. 8. These notches are held aga-inst the ends of the lips L L by means of the spiral sp1-ing L, iig. ieper-ating the rod O, which is attached to the bnr M by the ongle our erm p, fig. 4. R, figs. 2 and 5, is the stop operar-ing the end of the ba-r M, to deliver the l n sheaf at the proper time. This stop is ndjusteble by means ofthe set-screw T and slot;

The rake strikesthe gevel at the point A, and 'carries it in the direction of the arrows to the pointvB.- Here the arm S strikes the stop R, which partially revolves the arm M, thus withdrawing the notches from the ends ofthe lips L L, letting the rake drop from its own weight and the resistance of the gave] to the position shown in iig. 5. Its own weight carries it into position again as it reaches the point A in its revolution on its exis F. The delivery ofthe gavel'can he effected anywhere on the surface A B to suit the length of grain, by moving the stop R.

When the-motion of the rake is very rapid, or the grain very short, the gevel is liable to he thrown too far. This is remedied by the fender E being 4moved so that the heads ofthe gevel will strike it et the proper piece.

What I claim es my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The application to rea.pers,iwith grain-binding attachment, having the platform in the rear of the reaperplatform, and parallel to it, of rake and fender, constructed and operated substntially as delscribed and for-the purpose mentioned. i

Witnesses:

RHD. PLUMMER, F. W. PLUMMmL ISRAEL LANCASTER. [L 5.] 

